Thursday, April 12, 2012

Free tickets to Hopland Passport weekend

Hopland is one of my favorite cities in California for wine tasting. The main reason is because you can walk from one tasting room to another, so you don't have to spit if you don't want to.

But I also just enjoy Hopland, which is what wine country used to be like before it got glitzy. It's off the beaten path, but easily reached from San Francisco or Oakland on a day trip. It's a fun little town with an atmospheric diner, the Bluebird Cafe, that serves burgers made from wild boar, elk, ostrich and other exotica, as well as pretty good pie.

The tickets get you free wine tasting AND free food at 16 different wineries. Eight of them are right in downtown Hopland, so you can just stroll -- or roll -- between them. There's a shuttle service, or you can bring a designated driver.

To win the tickets, leave me a comment by Sunday, Apr. 15. I'll pick one randomly and let you know the winner in the comments section, so you might want to follow comments to find out if it's you. Good luck!

Would love love to have a great time out tasting! My head has been buried in doing a short sale in my home...... : (...... Time to put it in the past and move forward! Can't think of a better way to do so!!! : )

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